THE only hockey club in the county, has been forced to move its training sessions and matches out of the county as the council pitch the team had previously used has become unfit for purpose. The decision taken by Enniskillen Ladies Hockey club earlier this year was not made lightly. The pitch at the Bawnacre […]
Brollagh parents welcome U-turn in bus pass dispute
…but some children still have to walk on dangerous stretch road
Education Authority under pressure over bus row
THE road that students in Belleek are having to walk to to get to school in Brollagh has been described by a government body as ‘particularly hazardous to pedestrians.’ Children at St Mary’s High School, Brollagh are now in their fourth week of term without Education Authority transport following claims that almost a quarter of […]
One in three rural schools could be faced with closure
… but former principal insists small is beautiful
Date set for closure of Brollagh High School
Proposal to close St Mary’s has been published by the Education Authority
Miraculous escape for girl who fell from bus window
While on the way back to the school after Mass, the back seat window of the bus fell out and a student was thrown from the moving bus onto the road.
Is this the longest trek to school in Ireland?
The round trip from the Belleek area to Enniskillen is 50 miles return.
Families may have to pay for school bus from September
Education Authority considering bringing forward charges of between £50 and £200 per child from this September
STUDENTS’ LUCKY ESCAPE AT ACCIDENT BLACKSPOT
EDUCATION officials are being urged to put student safety first after two teenagers had a lucky escape in a road traffic accident at a notorious junction in Enniskillen. The 14-year-old students were injured on their way to school when the accident occurred at the Cherrymount roundabout on the A32 Irvinestown Road at […]